Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 07 May 2011 18:30:10 +0200 | From | Udo van den Heuvel <> | Subject | Re: AMD C1E issue? 2.6.38.4 |
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On 2011-05-07 18:21, Borislav Petkov wrote: >> Saw these in my messages after enabling C1E on my new Jetway Mini-ITX board: >> >> # microcode_ctl -u >> microcode_ctl: writing microcode (length: 430080) >> microcode_ctl: error writing to '/dev/cpu/microcode' errno=22 (Invalid >> argument) >> microcode_ctl: there may be messages from the driver in your system log. >> >> microcode: AMD microcode update via /dev/cpu/microcode not supported >> microcode: AMD microcode update via /dev/cpu/microcode not supported > > no, the message is correct - the AMD ucode driver doesn't support > ucode loading method through the /dev node, only through the firmware > loader. I.e., you should simply put the microcode image into > /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/ and compile the kernel microcode driver as a > module - then it'll load automatically.
Wel, yes/no. It works that way on my other boxes. On this specific box microcode_ctl is not activated automagically during startup of the machine.
> This doesn't have anything to do with C1E.
OK, that helps. Thanks.
What else could be the cause of microcode_ctl not updating? Situation is: microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x10000b7 microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x10000b7 Is that new enough so that there is just no newer code to be uploaded for AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 235e Processor ?
Udo
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